At a December Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) meeting after receiving an update on the commission's ...

A bear hunt was already on the state's May agenda, but the first documented human killing on May 5 lit a fire under an ...

A controversial plan to bring back bear hunting in Florida is facing pushback. Protesters gathered at Lake Eola over the ...

Bear hunting has long been a controversial issue in Florida. Supporters say, in part, a hunt could help better manage bear ...

Florida wildlife officials next week will hear a proposal to create an annual “limited-entry” black bear hunt, with a ...

But fierce debate persists over whether a good way to control bears is to kill them. A state plan to resume bear hunting after a decade-long hibernation has deepened the discord in advance of a ...

Florida's first black bear hunt in ten years could happen in December. Regulators are meeting this week in Ocala to finalize ...

The Bayfront protest was one of 13 statewide protests organized by One Protest, an animal advocacy organization.

The University of Florida Veterinary Forensic Sciences Lab played a crucial role in solving the case of the first fatal bear ...

Having grown up in bear country, we thought it would be a good idea to ask one of Florida's original residents about the proposed bear hunt, ...

Humane World for Animals flatly opposes any recreational hunt, but says the options on the table for 2025 are particularly “cruel and dangerous” — the organization describes hounding as a “brutal” ...

The Self Defense Act of 2024 allows for the taking of bears, without any penalties, under specific circumstances.